Quilt Tales 2: A New Community Project @ Edward Pauling House.

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QUILT TALES 2: Arts Project in Residence.

Phase two of our Hounslow Community Quilting project, Quilt Tales 2 got under way at Edward Pauling House (E.P.H) at the end of September 2015. This is unchartered territory on our quilting journey. We have never run a project within a sheltered housing setting and so it will be interesting to see how it unfolds. E.P.H has got great facilities and a welcoming team so hopefully we can bring residents and others from nearby Hounslow locations together to get out, get making and get together. The project will be lead by Artist & Arts Facilitator; Alex McEwan, assisted by Textile Artist; Polly Hughes ( now a Sense quilting project veteran ), with additional support from new team member and super-volunteer; Emily.

More Makers Please! We leave an open invitation to the E.P.H residents… fingers crossed.

Displaying the Tales told on the first Quilt Tales project for residents to ask questions about.

Inspiration – sharing our work on Quilt Tales One to potential participants.

Week 1: Meet The Makers & Getting to know each-other.

As has become the custom when commencing a new London Borough Quilt we ask our makers to start by leaving their mark in the form of a panel with their initials on. Some demonstrated their prowess with a needle and thread whilst others got reacquainted with a paintbrushes, glue and scissors all aided by the Quilt Tales fab team. This is a community quilt and we all add our initials to start the ball rolling and whilst we work we get to know each other …and get our coffee mugs covered in glue! All we need is a can-do attitude, a table cloth and plenty of coffee!

Tah Dah! the results.. not bad for the first day! The first panels for our new quilt, which promises to be a colourful and tactile one.

But the makers didn’t stop there… there was the option of taking it easy and having a well earned rest and a biscuit but no! Not for this group, caught on a wave of creativity they surfed on to start new panels about the things they hold most dear. A great start everyone, now we just have to get some more residents involved!